September Quotes - Page 7

• We want from here to express our solidarity and our support to all the victims of these acts of terrorism and their family members. We reiterate our complete, emphatic rejection of all forms of violence and all forms of terrorism.

  Vicente Fox

  Rejection, Support, September 11

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• Today, Iraq is an immediate danger to our nation. This time, we cannot wait. We cannot wait for Saddam Hussein to take a devastating action or to transfer a weapon of mass destruction to someone else who will. After September 11th, it is simply no longer an option to sit back and contemplate an enemy - one with a stated intent to harm us, a track record and the means, and just wait for him to strike in order to protect ourselves.

  Richard Armitage

  Mean, Iraq, Mass Destruction

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• It almost isn't sporting, is it?

  Richard Dearlove

  September 11

  "Obama in Thrall to CIA Killing Machine" by Toby Harnden, www.realclearpolitics.com. April 16, 2013.

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• There is a direct line relationship between what happened in Afghanistan in the work up to 11 September 2001 and what we're doing in Afghanistan today.

  John R. Allen

  Lines, Today, Afghanistan

  "Gen. Allen: Afghan relations bruised, not broken". Interview with Charlie Rose, www.cbsnews.com. April 4, 2012.

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• All of this suggests that while citizens became more comfortable with President Bush after September 11 and thought him to have the requisite leadership skills, they continue to harbor doubts about his priorities, loyalties, interests, and policies.

  Thomas E. Mann

  Leadership, Loyalty, Skills

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• We have no intention of ignoring or appeasing history's latest gang of fanatics trying to murder their way to power.

  Dick Cheney

  September 11, Trying, Way

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• Five years have come, and five years have gone, and still we stand together as one. We come back to this place to remember the heartbreaking anniversary - and each person who died here - those known and unknown to us, whose absence is always with us.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Heart, Years, September 11

  "America Marks 5-Year Anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, Attacks". www.foxnews.com. September 12, 2006.

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• Will someone please explain to me the logic that says we can trust someone with a Boeing 747 in bad weather, but not with a Glock 9mm?

  Zell Miller

  Weather, September 11, Boeing

  "Guns in cockpit bill passes the Senate / Measure would let pilots volunteer to be deputized" by Matthew L. Wald, www.sfgate.com. September 6, 2002.

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• Well, I don't throw things. This particular night I brought one from the floor so to speak, and he ended up getting a cut over his head, and the police came, took him to another side of the hotel, and that was like September 6, 1981.

  Tanya Tucker

  Cutting, Night, Police

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• I'm on VH1 now, will be working on ITV's This Morning again from September.

  Lisa Snowdon

  Morning

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• I never got a lot done using a broomstick. You've got to have something that's lethal.

  Conrad Burns

  September 11, Done, Broomsticks

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• The tolerance of the public is diminishing. We're spending time on the wrong people. It's nutty. There has to be a better way. Why are we stripsearching Aunt Molly from Iowa and letting on Richard Reid?

  Donald J. Carty

  Aunt, Iowa, People

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• September 2001. A sunny day in New York. Many of us who are writers were at work on the transformation of life into a poem, story, a chapter of a novel, when terror pounced from the sky, and the world made witness to it.

  Nadine Gordimer

  New York, Writing, Sky

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• Yeah, September 11 happened and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.

  Adam Driver

  Military, September 11, Yeah

  "Adam Driver, boy among girls". Interview with Keely Weiss, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 13, 2012.

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• Right now I just finished writing the music for a Rugrats feature film and the third week of September I go to London, and the Orchestra is going to perform the score.

  Mark Mothersbaugh

  Writing, Fog, Orchestra

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• If you want to travel on the airline system, you give up your privacy. If you want your privacy, don't fly. Flying is voluntary.

  Robert Crandall

  Giving Up, Flying, September 11

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• Irrespective of the conflict with America it is a human duty to show sympathy with the American people, and be with them at these horrifying and awesome events which are bound to awaken human conscience.

  Muammar al-Gaddafi

  Military, America, People

  "Global Outrage At Terror Attacks". www.cbsnews.com. September 11, 2001.

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• People talk about the Patriot Act that was passed immediately in the wake of September 11. What the Patriot Act did was break down the walls between the various agencies.

  Robert Mueller

  Wall, Agency, People

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• Legislation passed in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 enhanced our intelligence capabilities and strengthened our national defense, but until now our nation's immigration policies have not adapted to the needs of a post-September 11th world.

  Chris Chocola

  September 11, World, Immigration

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• We must never allow September 11th to become a time for protest and division. Instead, this day must remain a time for promoting peace and mutual respect.

  Timothy M. Dolan

  September 11, Division, Protest

  "Statement From Archbishop Dolan on September 11th Protest". www.archny.org. September 10, 2010.

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• The country was not focused on terrorism before September 11th.

  Louis J. Freeh

  Country, September 11, Terrorism

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• Those whose lives were lost on September 11 will remain in our thoughts and prayers forever.

  Vito Fossella

  Prayer, Forever, September 11

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• While it may be true that the UAE has been an ally since the September 11, 2001, attacks, the American people know it has also harbored and aided some of the al Qaeda agents who were involved in that attack.

  Bart Gordon

  People, September 11, Agents

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• When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense that the president has adopted since September 11.

  Ed Gillespie

  Moving, Self, September 11

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• What is being said in media in other parts of the world is very different from what we've been told in this country throughout these years between September 11 and today.

  Bianca Jagger

  Country, Media, Years

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